He was down in the dumps after losing his job.

他失业后，精神非常颓丧。

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What's up? You sound a little down in the dumps?

怎么啦？你的声音听起来有点沮丧。

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Feelingtired, irritable, or down in the dumps this time of year?

在每年的这个时节感到疲倦、易怒又或者忧伤？

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They are depressed. Word expert Charles Funk says people have been feeling down in the dumps for more than four-hundred years.

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" People may feel more like they are losing it when they are "down in the dumps."

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People who are down in the dumps are sad.

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With the loan balance rising, and the job market in the dumps, Donna is becoming increasingly fretful.

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Its stock is in the dumps, and its main drug, Lipitor, will face patent expiration in 2011.

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Overlooked is that Facebook decided to make its entrance into an U.S. IPO market in the dumps.

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